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Further Workplace Health and Safety bosses will be grilled at the inquest into the Dreamworld disaster today, after a leading inspector admitted he had "no confidence" in the emergency procedures in place on the Thunder River Rapids ride.

Two men die in crashes on New Year's Eve

A man has been charged over a crash that killed a 22-year-old man in Perth on New Year's Eve.

The man was travelling north in a black Nissan Silvia in Connolly, in Perth's north, about 11am (WST) on Saturday when he crashed into a silver Ford Falcon sedan that was travelling south on the same road.

Both drivers were taken to hospital but the 22-year-old man later died from his injuries.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death.

He is due to appear in the Joondalup Magistrates Court on January 16.

In a separate incident, a 20-year-old man was killed when his Suzuki Jimny rolled about 500m in Myalup, in the state's southwest, on New Year's Eve at 9.40am (WST).

The man and his female passenger were taken to Peel Health Campus for treatment before he was transferred to Royal Perth Hospital, where he later died.

Anyone with information about either crash is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

The two deaths on New Year's Eve take WA's holiday road toll to six.

The national holiday road toll stands at 39.

(EDS: The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2011 until 2359 January 3, 2012, local times, in line with the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Board.)